Puzzle



(NoModel.)

A. E. WOOLF.

PUZZLE. No. 485,314A Patented Nov. 1, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED E. IVOOLF, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,314, dated November1, 1892. Application filed February 3, 1890. Serial No. 339,368. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. I/VOOLF, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Puzzle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to puzzles or toys, and has for its object toprovide a puzzle or toy comprising a fixed part and a movable part sorelated to each other that the elfort to get the movable part on thelixed part will afford amusement and develop patience and skill ofmanipulation.

The invention consists of the device described herein, and theparticular form in which I prefer to embody my invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the entirepuzzle. Fig. 2 represents one of the movable pieces adapted to be placedon the pin. Fig. 3 shows the pin secured in the cork or closure of thereceptacle, and Fig. 4 is an inverted View of said puzzle to show themanner of Working.

A transparent vessel or receptacle is filled or partially filled withfluid and should be closed to prevent the escape of such fluid. Thisvessel or receptacle is provided internally with a projecting object orpart which basa fixed position with relation to the body of thereceptacle and moves therewith. One or more movable objects or pieces ola shape to iit the internally-projecting piece are contained within thereceptacle. The material of which these movable pieces are made dependssomewhat on the fluid in the receptacle and should be such as isunaffected by and impervious to the fluid, so as to avoid deteriorationand a change in their specific gravity.

I prefer to make the vessel or receptacle of glass in the form of aspherical bottle or a globe having lines therein to designate orrepresent the meridians, as shown at C C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 the parallels oflatitude, as shown at A A A A, and the equatoi, as shown at B, andhaving a neck with an opening therethrough extending from the body ofthe vessel or receptacle, all as shown in the drawings. The cork orother closure E lits in the opening in the neck and forms a convenientbase for the projecting portion which in this case is a pin D, extendingnearly through the receptacle and being either straight and perpendicrarits entire length to the iiat outer side F of the cork or bent or hookedat the end. The movable pieces G are rings or pieces of rubber orother-substance impervious to Water, of any desired shape or color, withholes large enough conveniently to admit entrance on the point of thepin. The fluid is preferably water or some other transparent ortranslucid liquid. The hole may be a perforation extending entirelythrough the movable piece or merelya cavity or hollow extending onlypartially through it, and the shape of the movable piece is permanent.

The operation of this particular embodiment of my invention isvasfollows: The operator grasps the receptacle in any c onvenient place-as,forinstance, theneck-andbyturn ing and manipulating the receptaclecauses the relative positions of the lixed and the movable pieces tochange, the movable pieces always tending to assume a certain horizontalposition with relation to the fluid in the receptacle without regard tothe actual position of the receptacle and the fixed piece. By skillfulmanipulation the movable pieces or rings may be made to pass over andupon the fixed piece, due to the agitation of the Huid. The outersurface of the portion O opposite the closure is preferably made dat, tomake a suitable bottom.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a puzzle, the combination of a transparent closed receptaclecontaining a translucid liquid, an interiorlyprojecting pin D, and oneor more punctured impervious bodies G, adapted to be placed upon saidpin D, substantially as described.

2. A toy or puzzle comprising a closed receptaele containing fluid and afixed and a movable object within the receptacle, the movable objectbeing of a permanent shape and having a hole therein corresponding tothe shape of the fixed obj ect, whereby it is adapted IOO by theagitation of the fluid to be placed ovei.` the fixed object.

3. A toy or puzzle comprising a receptacle containing fluid and a fixedand a movable object Wihin the receptacle, the movable object having ahole whereby it is adapted to be placed upon the fixed object.

4. In a toy, a closed receptacle for Iiuid, formed with a neck having anopening and a closure for said opening having an object flxedly securedthereto, in combination with an n object floating on the liquid andadapted to

